Changing (Default) Desktop Icon Locations

outlaw · 2006-08-05 16:20:03

By default desktop icons are placed in the upper left corner of the desktop .... doesn't seem possible to move.

I would prefer the icons in lower right hand corner of the desktop .... how can I change the default or disable?

Is there a document available (locatation?) that will answer desktop icon questions?
Any documentation available for the beta yet?

outlaw · 2006-08-10 02:40:08

Got the answer on the xfce mailing list .... thought I would share.

Thanks Gregoire Gentil

Tom,

Note that the position of the icons are stored in the following file:
~/.cache/xfce/desktop/icons.screen0.rc. Here is the format:

[Documents]
row=0
col=0

You may play with the file and preload it for instance. Last, note that
you have one file per desktop (icons.screen%d.rc),

Gregoire

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